# Taliban

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtælɪbæn/ · frequency rank #11,478

## Definitions
1. A Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Pashto طالبان (tālibān, “students, seekers”), plural of طالب (tālib), from Arabic طَالِب (ṭālib, “seeker, student”).

## Easily confused with
- **talisman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taliban-vs-talisman)
- **Talib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talib-vs-taliban)
- **Taiwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taiwan-vs-taliban)

## Common misspellings (10)
`atliban`, `tailban`, `talbian`, `taliabn`, `talibann`, `talibban`, `talibna`, `talliban`, `tlaiban`, `ttaliban`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/taliban